Letters relating to antiquarian matters, interspersed with comment on SA affairs, to Maj. Hayman Rooke, FSA, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts., with a few from him. For Rooke see Evans (1956), 184-5, 189, etc.; A.G.Sherratt, 'Hayman Rooke, F.S.A.', Thoroton Society Trans., 69 (1965), 4-18, where some of the letters are published.
Correspondence of Hayman Rooke
This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London
- Reference
- GB 118 ROO
- Former Reference
- GB 118 MS 891
- Dates of Creation
- 1776-1800
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- Two boxes
Scope and Content
Access Information
open for consultation
Acquisition Information
According to a note in ROO/02 acquired by Sir George Armitage, FSA, at the sale of the books of the Rev. W.J.E.Rooke, 1902. A collection of artefacts (Etruscan, Roman, British), formerly owned by Hayman Rooke, with a few papers, was sold at Phillipps, 17 Sept.1987, lots 99-111 (copy of sale-cat. with ROO/02).
ROO/01, 02 presented by Miss E.W.Rooke, 1951. Giftbook entry, 1 Oct.1951. A.J., 32 (1952), 262. ROO/03 incorporated from Ants. Papers, 1997.
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